Northwest of the Charlotte metro area is where you will find the small town of Drexel in Burke County. After a recent storm in the area, a pair of firefighters were helping clean up debris from Highway 70.
Police: Drunk driver struck, killed North Carolina firefighter
North Carolina tragedy highlights dangers of teen drivers
It's a little more than an hour's drive northeast of Charlotte to get to the small North Carolina town of Advance. The community is grieving the recent tragic loss of three teenagers killed in a car accident. The 16-year-old boy who was driving tried to pass a pick-up truck on a Davie County road, but crashed into an SUV coming from the opposite direction.
Flying high over North Carolina highway crashes
Drones can be used to take spectacular aerial video of your vacation spot, wedding or family reunion. The miniature copters have a wide variety of uses in warfare, as flying "scarecrows" used to chase birds from crops, for surveillance of cheating spouses (and others) and much more.
Shifts in teen behavior could reduce drunk driving crashes
Since the dawn of time, older people have bemoaned younger generations. They're irresponsible and reckless, the older folks will complain, and simply not up to the standards set by their elders. That time-honored tradition might not be passed on if results from a new study are accurate.
Wife killed, husband badly injured in North Carolina highway crash
It's about a four-hour drive east of Charlotte to get to Edgecombe County. A sergeant with the county sheriff's office there was recently involved in a fatal car accident.
North Carolina is observing Child Passenger Safety Week
Children are the most precious cargo you will ever have in your car, truck or SUV as you drive around Charlotte. Whether they are your kids or your grandchildren or someone else's kids, they all deserve to handled with care.
Indifference to highway safety tears North Carolina family apart
He was a hard-working family man. He and his wife loved to hike and camp. A longtime truck driver, the North Carolina man had always insisted that his big rig and trailers were properly maintained and safe.
Past and present collide in fatal North Carolina crash
A few hours west of Charlotte, a quaint Labor Day tradition reminds people of America's rugged past. Each year, hobbyists assemble a wagon train and ride slowly on wooden wheels across the county on the first Monday of September.
Drugged driving on the rise
Charlotte's law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel and hospital staff have all seen the destruction and heartache caused by the opioid epidemic gripping America.
Impaired wrong-way North Carolina driver causes crashes, injuries
Some of the most violent collisions occur when someone drives the wrong way on a highway and crashes head-on into another vehicle.
